- "We could keep going. Keep fighting."
- ―Blink to the X-Men
Blink (born Clarice Fong) is a mutant with the ability to generate dimension-warping portals to teleport people and objects of her choosing. She was one of the few survivors in the Sentinels Dystopia and also a member of a mutant resistance group, namely Free Mutants.
Biography
Original Timeline
Blink helping fellow mutants to escape prison camps
Rescuing Imprisoned Mutants
In 2012, Blink was instrumental in smuggling 30 detained mutants out of Sentinel concentration camps.[1]
Joining the Free Mutants
At some point in or after 2018, Blink joined the Free Mutants, a mutant resistance group formed and led by Bishop.[1][2]
Sentinels' Arrival
- "Time’s up!"
"Sentinels!" - ―Blink and Warpath to the Free Mutants
In 2023, while hiding in a bunker in Moscow with Blink, Warpath detects three incoming Sentinels ejecting from the sky. Immediately after, Blink teleports the two to reach the rest of the Free Mutants, warning them about the impending attack. Bishop, the leader of the group, asks Sunspot to redirect the solar energy into his body, charging his weapon. Shadowcat, using her phasing ability, then rush to a hiding spot along with Bishop in order to project his consciousness back in time to warn their past selves about the future danger. As the two leave, Warpath, Blink, Colossus and Sunspot prepare to battle the imminent Sentinels. Soon after, two Sentinels, drilling through the ground, reach the bunker and face the Free Mutants. The first one battles Sunspot in his solar form, while the other is attacked by the steel-enhanced body Colossus. As the Sentinel nullifies his punch and knocks Colossus down, Blink opens a portal for Warpath to charge into a Sentinel, while it is grabbing Colossus, from its back, weighing the Sentinel down on its knee. However, his attacks are overwhelmed by the Sentinel's overpowered capabilities, resulting in him being thrown away effortlessly. Colossus then recovers and beats the Sentinel down on the ground. While on the run, Shadowcat and Bishop is interrupted by the third Sentinel. Bishop then shoots his energy-enhance gun to the lower left of the Sentinel's neck, decimating the surface area of the damaged spot, merely stunning the Sentinel due to the inadequate amount. Right before the Sentinel is able to use its drilling hand to kill the two, Warpath leaps through a portal created by Blink, attacking the Sentinel by trying to penetrate the blasted area adjacent to its head, trying to buy time for his teammates, only to be hurled away by the Sentinel. Meanwhile, the two escape the Sentinel briefly before its drilling hand could reach them thanks to Blink's portal, however the Sentinel soon catches up with them, continuing the pursuit. Seconds later, Iceman, travelling through Blink's portal, reaches and assists his leader by fighting the Sentinel by himself, using his ice form, freezing the Sentinel temporarily while Bishop and Shadowcat are able to flee from the mech.[2]
Blink is killed by a Sentinel
After Sunspot, Colossus and Iceman are slaughtered, while a Sentinel is heading toward to Bishop's and Shadowcat's location behind a vault, Warpath jumps through Blink's portal, ambushing the Sentinel from behind, trying to slow down the mech by striking his neck with his knife. Unfortunately, he is easily wrestled to the ground and seconds before the Sentinel could thrust him with is shapeshifted drill, Blink reaches and rescue Warpath by setting up another portal to redirect the Sentinel's attack. Nevertheless, the Sentinel turns its back and swiftly pierces through Blink's stomach just in time before the portal closed, ending up killing her. Warpath is eventually terminated by the Sentinel in a last-ditch attempt to buy some time for his leader. In the end, Blink's efforts pay off as their plan succeeds right before the Sentinel's beam could kill Bishop and Shadowcat.[2]
Joining the X-Men
- "We could keep going. Keep fighting."
- ―Blink to the X-Men
Blink and Warpath after Professor X and Magneto told the Free Mutants about their plan
With the timeline altered, Blink, along with the rest of the Free Mutants, retreat to a remote monastery in China. They soon reunite with the surviving X-Men, including Professor X, Magneto, Wolverine and Storm. Later on, Shadowcat informs the X-Men about how the Free Mutants change the flow of time, by sending their leader, Bishop, back a few days prior to the Sentinels' arrival, which will eventually save their lives from an imminent massacre that never happened. Seeing a potential way to end the War of the Sentinels even before its occurrence, Magneto informs Professor X about his belief in the success of the plan, which confuses Shadowcat and Iceman. Professor X then interprets the origin of the Sentinels as well as his ultimate plan to the Free Mutants to change the fate of all mutants around the world, by sending him back in 1973 to prevent Mystique from assassinating Bolivar Trask, thus stopping the Sentinels from ever being created and innovated. However, Shadowcat says that her ability can only send a person back for a few weeks or a month. In other words, even Professor X, whose brain is considered the strongest in the world, cannot physically endure the damage caused by the trip as the brain can only stretch so far before it snaps. Nevertheless, Wolverine then suggests that his immense healing ability can actually tolerate the near-instant lethal brain injuries. Still, Bishop opposes the idea as the trip can rewrite history, which can either inadvertently kill or even prevent the birth of some members of the Free Mutants in the timeline, following by Blink saying that they will keep on fighting the Sentinels. Storm then argues that the Free Mutants can opt between projecting their leader back in time over and over gain until one day he unexpectedly fails his mission and the entire group will be eradicated or fighting the Sentinels for the final time to give every fallen victims a second opportunity. Sunspot later queries if the X-Men is asking the Free Mutants to fight for the future where they may not even exist in, which is later confirmed by Magneto. Professor X then convinces everyone to sacrifice for a future that gives all mutants around the world a second chance. As Bishop requires a vote from his people, Professor X reads their mind and quickly informs the Free Mutants' unanimous agreement to everyone. As a result, the Free Mutants unofficially new become members of the X-Men. Blink along with the Free Mutants and Storm guard the outside, while Iceman, Professor X and Magneto supervise Wolverine's journey to the past inside the monastery.[2]
Battle of China
- "Here they come."
- ―Warpath to the Free Mutants and X-Men
Blink and Warpath guarding the monastery
As Warpath senses twelve Sentinels' carriers heading towards to the monastery ten miles away using his extreme acute senses, he and Professor X immediately warn everyone about the upcoming battle. As the outer group is informed, Storm decides to attack first in order to slow the Sentinels down, as Bishop insists her that the group cannot kill that many, by unleashing a powerful tempest upon the Sentinels' carriers, slowing and eventually causing the carriers to collide to each other, which forces the Sentinels to eject and fly to the monastery by themselves. Storm then strikes her lightning towards Bishop, letting Bishop store and utilize the plentiful source of energy to empower his gun. Blink then teleports herself to reach and assist Bishop by opening a portal adjacent to the flying Sentinels, which allows him to eliminate several of them at a safe distance. Meanwhile, Magneto, using his magnetic manipulation, controls and later uses the metal components of the X-Jet to stab and disrupt the flying Sentinels. Seconds later, Storm, using her full strength, strikes toward the X-Jet's power coil, creating a colossal mid-air explosion, destroying numerous Sentinels. However, the explosion also causes the metal shards to fly towards the Free Mutants and X-Men, forcing Magneto to use his magnetic ability. Even so, Magneto is unexpectedly pierced by a sharpened metal piece, leaving a grievous wound.[2]
Warpath with Blink after the explosion
Moments later, the remaining Sentinels silently climb up the monastery's edge, killing a distracted Storm by penetrating her upper body as Bishop screams in anger. He immediately blast his channeled energy into a Sentinel, eliminating its left arm. However, with two more Sentinels arrived, the mechs proceed to burst him with their powerful heating beams, essentially overpower Bishop's energy manipulative abilities, eventually killing him. His body then explodes, reducing the nearby Sentinels to dust as three other Sentinels arrive. Colossus immediately warns Warpath and Blink about the crawling Sentinels on the mountain wall behind their backs. Meanwhile, Sunspot enters his solar form, channeling his solar flare into the Sentinels while levitating through the air. A mortally wounded Magneto then uses his power to protect the entrance by enhancing it with the X-Jet's remaining shards. With the help of his teammates, Magneto is able to reach the inside monastery, escaping two approaching Sentinels. Immediately after, Blink opens a portal for Colossus to jump through, teleporting him in the middle of the air while opening two more portals, redirecting Colossus's gravitational charge to two Sentinels. As the two Sentinels are knocked down on the ground, one them is also attacked by a flying Sunspot whereas Warpath is seen battling another Sentinel in melee combat. Unfortunately, the rest of the Free Mutants are ultimately massacred, and Blink was the last one to stand against the Sentinels. She fights several Sentinels using several of her portals, redirecting their heating beams into themselves. Eventually, she was overwhelmed by the Sentinels' superiority, resulting in three Sentinels impaling her stomach as she screams in agony. Although, once again, their plan succeeds right before the Sentinels managed to kill the rest of the X-Men in the monastery, alternating the original timeline with a new one.[2]
Blink's death
Revised Timeline
A Second Chance
- "A second chance, a better chance for everyone."
- ―Professor X to the Free Mutants
Due to Wolverine traveling back in time to January 1973, and preventing Bolivar Trask from being assassinated by Mystique, and changing the significant events after that point, the Sentinel Wars never took place. Thus, the Free Mutants were never formed, and its members were never killed in the future war.[2]
Personality
Blink was one of the few mutant survivors and also a member of the Free Mutants. Little is known about her past or personality. Still, like other members of the Free Mutants, she was willing to sacrifice herself to protect and ensure the X-Men's final plan to alter the past, despite the probability of her not existing in the revised future, which was shown when Professor X read all the members' minds. Blink was also a heroic mutant warrior, as she fought the Sentinels until her eventual death in Moscow and China, despite the apparent gap between their combat prowess.
Powers
Blink utilizing her portals to fight the Sentinels
- Portal Creation: Blink possesses the power to create a purple teleportation vacuum in which multiple people or objects can enter at the same time. She can also close the vacuum at will, any object that does not exit the vacuum as it closes will be cut off, and therefore using this she effectively cut off the arm of the Sentinel who tried to attack her friends. In addition, Blink has demonstrated that she can create multiple teleportation vacuums at once for effective defensive purposes. For example, she can quickly create vacuums to confuse and disorient the movements of attacking Sentinels by teleporting them away from their intended targets or opening portals that transfer a Sentinel's energy beam into one of their own, essentially backfiring their attacks.
- Mutant Physiology: Due to her mutant gene, Blink's bright green eyes were adapted to see the fields of a dimensional energy that she uses to create her portals. She has natural black hair with magenta highlights and green eyes. Blink also has pointed ears, and a faded purple birthmark on the right side of her face.
Relationships
Original Timeline
Allies
- X-Men - Former Teammates
Enemies
- Sentinels - Enemies and Killers
Trivia
- Jamie Chung portrays a different version of Blink in The Gifted, a television series set in the X-Men universe. Chung's Blink is also of Chinese descent like her film counterpart.
- Actress Fan Bingbing said in an interview that it was her idea for Blink's hair to be braided in an oriental style so that the character would look more Chinese.
- Renee Harbek was originally cast to play Blink, but dropped out before filming.
- During the Party in the Woods in X-Men: Dark Phoenix, various unknown mutant characters appear, including a girl with similar powers to Blink.
Behind the Scenes
- Tammy Nera was a stunt double for Fan Bingbing in the role of Blink.
References
External links
Blink on Marvel Database- Blink on Wikipedia
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